Belfast news

• High-rise tower catches fire in United Arab Emirates

  05-05-2020 23:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A high-rise tower caught fire late on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates in a city-state neighbouring Dubai.
  
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• Belfast family 'devastated' after tumble dryer caught fire destroying their home - Belfast Live

  05-05-2020 23:04
  
  Belfast family 'devastated' after tumble dryer caught fire destroying their home  Belfast Live
  
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• O'Neill praises NI firms for making six million face shields in just six weeks

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill has hailed the success of two local companies that have repurposed production and grown from nothing to make six million protective face shields for frontline workers in just six weeks.
  
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• NI airports reveal considerable monthly losses as safety measures are considered

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Further subsidies are likely to be required for Northern Ireland's three airports as they face losses of about £100,000 a day and struggle to adjust to new pressures following Covid-19, it has been warned.
  
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• More could have been done to prevent deaths in Northern Ireland's care homes, expert says

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Measures put in place to protect local care home residents from the deadly Covid-19 virus are inadequate, according to an expert from the London School of Economics (LSE).
  
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• MLAs shocked at packed flight to London... but DUP's Foster stays silent

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has remained silent on the controversy over social distancing on aircraft, despite the Deputy First Minster and Health Minister both saying they were shocked at images of a crowded Aer Lingus flight between Belfast City and Heathrow.
  
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• Belfast's Nightingale hospital 'will continue to admit new patients' - Belfast Telegraph

  05-05-2020 23:00
  
  Belfast's Nightingale hospital 'will continue to admit new patients'  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast's Nightingale hospital 'will continue to admit new patients'

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's NHS Nightingale hospital is to keep admitting new patients, the Belfast Trust has confirmed.
  
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• Battle ahead to restore consumer confidence: retail chief

  05-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is facing an uphill battle to restore consumer confidence following the crippling coronavirus pandemic, it hasbeen warned.
  
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• Jessica Simpson hits back at ‘body shaming’ in Met Gala oral history

  05-05-2020 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Singer Jessica Simpson has accused a former Vogue contributor of “body shaming” her in an oral history of the Met Gala.
  
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• War veteran plans VE Day charity walk to save ex-soldiers’ club

  05-05-2020 22:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 98-year-old war veteran is planning a VE Day charity walk to help save an everyman’s club, originally founded as a place for soldiers to recuperate during the First World War.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Virus ruined our wedding plans... but now my fiance might have to leave NI as we are not married'

  05-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A distraught young woman has revealed that government red tape surrounding the coronavirus pandemic - which has already ruined her wedding - is now threatening to destroy her whole relationship.
  
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• SDLP stalwart John Dallat put his life on the line to fight sectarianism, and won friends from all sides

  05-05-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  John Dallat, an SDLP stalwart and unflinching opponent of violence and sectarianism, has died at the age of 73. He was the MLA for East Londonderry.
  
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• Man charged with aggravated burglary at home where boy was shot

  05-05-2020 21:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with aggravated burglary after an incident in Upminster, east London, during which an 11-year-old boy was shot.
  
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• No further clarity possible on weddings – Holohan

  05-05-2020 21:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief medical officer has said he is unable to provide any more clarity on when “big” weddings may be allowed in Ireland.
  
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• Over-55s fastest-growing group for taking up music streaming services – survey

  05-05-2020 21:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over-55s are the fastest-growing group of new users of subscription music streaming services, a survey has suggested.
  
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• Covid-19: Fourteen covid-related deaths at Glengormley care home

  05-05-2020 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The patients, who all died from covid-related symptoms, were residents of Glenabbey Manor.
  
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• Airbnb laying off 1,900 employees due to travel decline

  05-05-2020 21:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Airbnb is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in global travel due to the new coronavirus.
  
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• Rachel Dean's Big Ask: Riverdance's Amy-Mae Dolan on how being a role model inspires her

  05-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In this week's interview Rachel Dean talks to Riverdance lead dancer Amy-Mae Dolan (22) from Aghyaran in Castlederg, Co Tyrone. She lives with her mum Siobhan, dad Francie and siblings Rylee (17), Alex (15) and Scarlett (6).
  
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• Padraig Harrington hopes Ryder Cup goes ahead as Luke Donald named vice-captain

  05-05-2020 20:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Europe captain Padraig Harrington is hoping the Ryder Cup can “take one for the world of team sport” and go ahead this year after announcing Luke Donald as one of his vice captains.
  
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• Game Of Thrones star Aidan Gillen stars in new music video from Fontaines DC

  05-05-2020 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Game Of Thrones star Aidan Gillen stars in the new music video from Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC.
  
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• Swann favours single contact-tracing app across UK and Ireland

  05-05-2020 20:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s health minister has urged the adoption of a single Covid-19 contact-tracing app across the UK and Ireland.
  
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• Coronavirus: Fears for car trade after just 24 sales in a month

  05-05-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The local motor trade was close to being obliterated last month with just 24 new car sales registered, figures show.
  
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• Queen discusses Covid-19 response during phone call with Australian PM

  05-05-2020 20:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Queen discussed efforts to combat Covid-19 during a phone call with Australian prime minister Scott Morrison.
  
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• Manchester United keen to extend Odion Ighalo’s stay at Old Trafford

  05-05-2020 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United would like to extend Odion Ighalo’s stay with his loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua expiring at the end of May, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Key scientist quits Sage after admitting ‘error of judgment’ on distancing

  05-05-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A scientist whose research aided Boris Johnson’s decision to impose a lockdown has resigned from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) after admitting an “error of judgment”.
  
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• Woman arrested after elderly man dies in Co-op stabbings

  05-05-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man died and three others were injured during a knife attack in a village Co-op in south Wales.
  
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• Chief medical officer denies tensions with Cabinet over Covid-19 recovery plan

  05-05-2020 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s chief medical officer has denied claims he was overruled by the Government on a key aspect of the country’s coronavirus recovery plan.
  
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• Man killed following Ballymena crash between motorcycle and tractor

  05-05-2020 20:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed that a man has died following a serious two vehicle crash between a tractor and motorcycle in Ballymena on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Why on this 75th anniversary of VE Day we must ask ourselves what it is exactly we are commemorating

  05-05-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  On May 8, 1945, Belfast was in a buoyant mood, celebrating the end of the war in Europe. Harold Fine, a young sailor, recalls joining the happy celebrations with his shipmates that night and, for a dare, he climbed up Queen Victoria's statue outside Belfast City Hall.
  
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• What will contact tracing look like across the UK?

  05-05-2020 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The different countries of the UK have each begun their own contact tracing plans to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
  
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• Tributes paid to two London healthcare workers who died with Covid-19

  05-05-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to two London healthcare workers who died after contracting coronavirus.
  
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• Captain Tom and singer Michael Ball to meet for first time

  05-05-2020 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Captain Tom Moore will meet singer Michael Ball for the first time after they topped the UK singles charts while raising funds for the NHS.
  
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• Belfast restaurants begin reopening for takeout - By Kendra Caruso - Republican Journal

  05-05-2020 19:42
  
  Belfast restaurants begin reopening for takeout - By Kendra Caruso  Republican Journal
  
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• South Korea’s contact tracing is a ‘fine example’ for UK, key adviser says

  05-05-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A quicker increase in coronavirus testing would have been “beneficial” and ministers should look to South Korea as a “fine example”, key advisers to the Government have said.
  
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• Opening all schools would lead to risk of second coronavirus spike – Dominic Raab

  05-05-2020 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reopening all schools in England would risk a second spike in coronavirus cases, scientists have warned ministers.
  
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• Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown makes £15,000 donation to NHS charities

  05-05-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has made a £15,000 donation to NHS staff on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Robin Swann growing 'increasingly concerned' about premature lockdown debate

  05-05-2020 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health Minister Robin Swann has said he is becoming “increasingly concerned” that the “debate on the future of the lockdown is getting ahead of itself”.
  
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• One dead, two injured after reportedly being attacked by water buffalo

  05-05-2020 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died and two people have been injured after reportedly being attacked by a water buffalo, police said.
  
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• Brexit: Simon Coveney says trade talks progress not good

  05-05-2020 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Irish deputy PM says time is short to reach a trade deal this year, with much still to do.
  
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• Gabrielle Union: Cultural appropriation in Bring It On is still relevant

  05-05-2020 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gabrielle Union has reflected on Bring It On 20 years after the cheerleading film was released in cinemas, saying its issues of cultural appropriation mean it has stayed “completely relevant”.
  
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• Government records budget deficit of more than 7.4 billion euro

  05-05-2020 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Exchequer recorded a budget deficit of 7,473 million euro at the end of April, more than twice the amount compared to last year.
  
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• Selena Gomez to present new quarantine cooking programme

  05-05-2020 18:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Selena Gomez is to star in a new cooking programme which will see her share recipes while stuck at home in quarantine.
  
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• A number of weeks to go before NI lockdown eased, says chief medical officer

  05-05-2020 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It will be several weeks before it is safe to ease Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown, the chief medical officer said.
  
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• One person believed dead after ‘stabbing’ at village Co-op

  05-05-2020 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One person is believed to have died and several others have been injured following reports of a stabbing in a village Co-op in south Wales.
  
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• Health minister ‘shocked’ by images of packed Aer Lingus flight

  05-05-2020 17:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont’s health minister has accused Aer Lingus of operating like the coronavirus emergency has not happened after images emerged of a packed flight.
  
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• BP and Shell drag FTSE 100 higher as oil prices recover

  05-05-2020 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Global markets had a fairly bullish day on Tuesday, as investors hoped that countries might start to ease their coronavirus lockdowns.
  
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• Isle of Wight residents split on being ‘guinea pigs’ for coronavirus app

  05-05-2020 17:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents of the Isle of Wight have shared mixed feelings about the Government’s decision to use the island as a testbed for a new Covid-19 contact-tracing app.
  
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• Belfast Live Twitter call out to promote NI businesses returns this week - Belfast Live

  05-05-2020 17:18
  
  Belfast Live Twitter call out to promote NI businesses returns this week  Belfast Live
  
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• Steve Carell explains the ‘atypical’ origins of new Netflix comedy Space Force

  05-05-2020 17:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steve Carell has revealed the “atypical” origins of new Netflix series Space Force, saying it was presented to him with “no idea aside from the title”.
  
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